The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 22, 1911, Image 6
HE KNEW ABOUT ' JACKPOT"
COTTR.MTOK >\\s HI s| IISCIMH
KD TO $10,040 To M>BIMER
"Father <ircvn" Mentioned lluxtng
Detcvtl?e'? ConfcHaion of Conspir?
acy on l*?rt of i hicngo Paper.
Washington. July 17.?The part
that offletal? of the Kdward Illnes
Lumber company took la the election
Of Senator Lorimer to the sei
claimed attention again today at the
Investigation by the senate Lorlmer
committee.
William Burgess, an electrical con?
tractor of Duluth. Minn., testified
that OL F. Wiehe, eecretary of the
Edward Hm?s Lumber compiriy. re?
marked to him last March that he
had inscribed $10,000 to a "jack?
pot" to elect Lorlmer. Herman H.
Tetler. president of the H. H. Tetler
Lumber company of Chicago .a rival
Of the fllnes company, testified th.it
on the day of the election Mines said
to htm that he personally had elect?
ed Lorlmer.
On the other hand. Henry Turiisn,
another business man of Du.uth,
If Inn., failed to bear out the testi?
mony of Wlert H. Cook, a business
associate, to the effect that (lines said
to them about the time of Lori?
mer's election that "old Stephenson"
? \ meaning Senator SHephenson of
Wisconsin)?"after I elected htm was
working for free lumber." an 1 that
Southern Democrats fluctuated In
their attitude. Turrtsh said he re?
membered nothing about the South?
ern Democrat a but heard Hlnes say
that Stephenson waa undecided.
During the testimony of Mr. Bur
goaa the name of a priest. "Father
Oreen." waa brought into the case as
having received a confession from a
Slot set I ve that the detective was em?
ployed by a Chicago newspaper to
gather "trumped-up charges against
Lorimer."
Tomorrow It la expected James
Kelly, editor of the Chicago Tribune,
ear111 bo on the stand.
IIVHF.M sklltT in \i>
Part* MN^'x v?w Style of I>r?**H From
Street*.
What has become of the famous
harem skirt? Is it living or dead?
Thla queetlon seems to be running
through the minds of women through?
out the world. The Innovation waa
hooted whenever It appeared publicly
In the European capitals, and Barn,
which ordinarily becomes accustomed
quickly to the most fantastic apparel
refuted to accept It.
Tne failure of the garment to ap?
pear at the fashionatde ? oiir*.-s
on Sunday aroused wide comment. A
few women, seeklnc to attract atten?
tion, occasionally dare to wear It at a
rol.er rink or In a box at the theater,
hut the mass of femininity avoid it,
with the possible . xcepton of a few
of the m?der models, which it is im
poealble to distinguish from the con?
vention <i skirt The harem skirt is
not seen f>n &?, streets.
With a vleW to solving the mystery
ae to what has become of the gar?
ment, a newspaper correspondent
vtatted several leading costumers and
even firms which tried to launch the
efclrt on the market. All admitted
that things had not gone well.
"The harem skirt." said M. 1 ?reeoll.
"waa intended merely as a house
gown. If win killed by enemies who
put out hid.-on* models, and It wan
doubly killed by the department
stores, which sold ( heap Imitations at
S# francs t!6) each. The worst class
of women tried to wear It. and con?
sequently the better sort Ignored It.
Occasionally we sell one for house
wear, but I really believe It Is dead
beyond h<^,.- ,,f resurrection."
Hy grandfather made and tried to
launch the harem skirt forty years
ago." said John Worth, "but was un?
successful. Then, as now, the women
did not want it. It mu> eptahle
to the Inmates of Turkish harem*,
who reeiito- on cushions all dag long
and did not go out nave when veiled
and cloaked, but It dam not go |n the
Occident. I consder it Mfttejg for the
preeent but I bellew It to be probable
that It will b? revived, say In two
gears, when It may be successful.
Certalnlv it In practical. If nothing
else."
"It was not Intended for street
wear." explained a member ,.f the
firm of Her hoff. l?a\ld and ?'o. "A
fow fashionable wmuen are still \*.ir
Ing it Indoors and it r??< ? ptIons. My
wife recently \\'>re it at a roval re?
ception In St. Petersburg and was
much complimented The mas* of
women probably will apVSf wear It,
hut I believe that r. \\\\ aristo, rath
women a III continue to use it for ball
gowns and house gowns."
^hp latest fashb.n freak I? the
**hoop *leeve." Th?? hoop is placed ,t
the middle of the forearm and Its
diameter Is seven Inches. Tin- sb < \ ?
Is drawn In at the wrist arid SlbOU
Parts letter.
The Ml. Heri-t. of Iferlot. ir.
visiting relativ??? In the city.
MVCH WORK (.OlMi ON IX CITY.
Work on Main Street Pitting?Put?
ting in off Um* Storni Pipe?Ott)lug
on i allioiin Mnrt uiul Work P.Lsc
wlirlr.
The city of Sumter is going ahead
right n.?w with more Impmv amenta
uiiil. ru ay than possibly have ever
gone on at any (MM time in the his?
tory of the town.
Tho vari' Ms WOrlU underway 111
UM I>.iv 111K Of Main street, which is be?
ing dom by the contractor, Qoo, \V.
Waring of Columbia, under tht; super?
vision i>f tio- city engineer and street
committee; the laying of storm drains
on Kendric k street, which will ex
t. nd up and down Harvin street for
WVOral bloekl and l>e earrieJ to
Main street so as to take oft tin- sur?
fe- water from that important
?itreet. In a way wi?rk connected
with UM laying of this pipe is the
ni.inufacture of it. This is being
dotu> under the supervision of Mr.
Bi I. Keardon ,it the foot of Corb.tt
Itfllt The work of claying Calhoun
Street from Washington street to
Haskell .strei t which was commenced
several months ago If not quite com?
plete and is still under way and will
i>. completed as soon as a sufficient
number of laborers can be secured
to put them to work upon that street.
The force of laborers which was
working on ('alhoun street has been
moved to Hampton avenue and Har?
vin streets to prepare those streets
for the rock that is being moved
from Main street. On Main street the
rjek Is being plowed up and hauled
oiT in order to grade that street for
the pavement of concrete and vitrified
brick which is to be put down.
on Oakland avenue west of Salem
avenue a new twelve-inch sewer line
is being put In for use in carrying the
sewerage to the new twenty-two inch
sewer pipe line that has Just been
completed.
With work going on at all of these
places at one time the city engineer
and the members of the street com?
mittee, especially the chairman, have
I busy time looking after the work
and following it up to see that it is
done properly. It seems that with
labor so very scarce the city has
taken a larger piece of tobacco than
it can well eJaaW.*1 However, a? long
as the work which is being done on
the streets Is well, no one will object
for it is mueh needed.
Sarcasm off a Woman.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Joseph P. Sh. rer told a humorous
experience while "automobile riding,"
which, he said. Illustrate:* the sar?
casm which a woman is capbic of
when occasion demands.
\\'.- were going along at an aw?
ful speed." he said. I didn't see the
doff, but 1 neard his ki-yi' so I or
tared Uv chauffeur lo stop, doing
buck, We found an irate lady stand?
ing over her (bad dog?one of the
ugliest VOU over saw.
"She m.-t us with a tirade Of re?
marks tolling HI i ri no uncertain
tetsni what she thought ol us and
automobilists In general, finishing up
by foiling us the murderer* of lo r
dog. It was thus that 1 thought 1
would pacify her.
'Madam,' I said. I will replace
your dog.'
"Sir.' she said In a freezing tone
of voice, ?you flatter yourself.' "
Tuking Xo chances.
Louisville Post.
The druggist approached tht I e
lestlal gate. St Peter opened MM
portal for him and bade him enter
Md Join the heavenly choir.
"Not so fast," admonished the coin
pounder of pills. "Before I go In
thtn I want to ask a few questions.
Have you any city directories in
I Vi r idlse ?"
"No," replied St. Peter.
"Any remedies for growing hair on
I il?l haadl and door knobs?"
'Note-."
"Any soda fountains?"
' We don't know what they are."
"I>o you sell stamps?'
W. don't use them here."
"And last, but not bast, have Voll
any laliphones?"
"We have not."
"Then, 111 go in, for I gooff this is
ie aven. all right."
Modern Mathematics.
- little hobbles make one harem.
4 little harems make one scar. to.
I little scarcms make one starem.
II starems make one tearem.
Th? reason i bachelor looks gloomy
is because he |j sorry be has thrown
away his lima remaining single, in
.oder f >r a man to be a live Wire it
h accessory to be In touch with some
magnetic force thai will make it live?
iv for him. No woman Will permit a
man to \>>> an "old stick" so long as
Im ai?b to keep him stirred up.
Home people don'I know w hat wom< n
were made for( but Ihej were made
lo keep it from g< ttlng dull,?Wil?
mington stur.
BERXH \ KBT's TOUR ENDS.
Will OH Iboul $1*0.000 Out of $1,.
000,000 Receipts.
Saiaii Bernhardt returned to this
? it> yesterday morning in her private
car Bernhardt from ? 38 weeks' tour
through tio> United States and Can?
ada. Bhs trav? i,.(l I5t000 miles, gave
288 performances, yo of them being
one-night stands, In i?;* cities, and
brought In more than 11,000,000 In
?i'i.ss receipts, of whieh, it was said
yesterday, her own share would he
about 1360,000 clear.
The famoui actress did not appear
|0 be the least fatigued by her ar?
duous travels, but looked 80 per cent
better than when she landed in this
city from the French liner Province
on October of last year. Perhaps
the most wonderful feotun of the
trip was the energy shewn by Mine.
Bernhardt in seeing the various
sights of interest in the cities she
visited, which included a descent Into
a copper mine, a night in a bayou
?hooting at alligators, a ride through
the Homestead works, and mountain
climbing in the West.
When asked for the secret of her
health and youthful appearance Mine.
Bernhardt laughed and replied:
" I eat little, sleep plenty. work
hard all the time, and not too rauch
fresh air. 1 must work always."
William J. Connor, who arranged
her tour, interrupted to say:
"What Madame means is that she
owes her health to the grace of the
good God and works like the devil."
She partly understood what he had
said, and, putting her hand on his
shoulder, asked him to tell her more
slowly what it was that had made the
reporters smile.
On her trip she spent the greater
part of the time in her private car,
where she had every comfort, includ?
ing a big brass bedstead. She had It
on a side track, three or four miles
from the station, so that she would
not be disturbed by the noise of the
trains. Her rehearsals were mostly
conducted In the ltrge dining room of
the car. She did 41 v msecutlve one
night stands without mowing the
slightest sign of fatigue, Mr. Sullivan
said. Her car was kept tilled with
flowers.
In addition to her repertoire of 10
plays, Mme. Hernhardt created "Sis?
ter Beatrice" in San Francisco, where
she played to $37,000 for 10 perform?
ances and $9.000 for the open-air per?
formance at Berkeley. After the per?
formance of "Phedre" she played "Sis?
ter Beatrice' In the McDonough The?
atre, Oakland, which added another
$4,000 to the day's receipts. One of
her most delightful stops was at
Fresno, where her car was taken out
five miles on a siding right In the
midst of a glorious valley.
Mine. Bernhardt does not smoke,
unlike so many of her country
vom en, and does not believe In suf
trace for women, because she thinks
thai lo r sex Is not physically tit to
goVern. She said that American
women resembled Frenchwomen In
their manner of wearing chic cos.
tumes more than those of any other
nation, an<i were therefore close to
the best-dressed women in the world.
?New York limes.
No Eati No Play.
Marlboro Times.
Perhaps the loss of two out of three
games by the Columba ball team in
Charleston recently may be attributed
to the lack Of the "Square Meal."
Down to The Kind.
A grocery salesman entering a
store found tin- place in charge of
the delivery boy, Upon being asked
where the proprietor was the boy re?
plied:
"1 am the winde cheese here." The
traveling man departed, leaving a
note for the proprietor! which the
boy promptly opened.
"Permit nie to suggest," it read,
"that \ou are nearly out of cheese."
?BUCCeSS Magazine.
Good Roads,
The Improvement In prices at
which lands are selling along Im?
proved roads wherever they have
been bullt Ii from a to lo times their
former value. If this Is so, or if we
are sure property will even double
In value, should we not improve our
principal highways at the earliest
day?
The Advertising Club of Sumter
will be represented In Boston without
? Uestlon and Will tin re be admitted
to the .National Association, The Ad?
vertising Clubs Of the State are to b.
associated In an organization which
<vill undertake to advertise the va?
rious cities ami counties connected
With thli organization. It Is propos?
ed to give moving picture shows
throughout the country and at the
varloui county fairs, showing the op?
portunities and advantage! offered In
thta State,
When ?< letter disappears mysteri?
ously, it Is a ilgn thai there Ii some?
thing In it. Wilmington Star.
1?F THE
Astory of deep heart
?interest in which mys
tery intrigue and?
ma?
ting Pairis$|*#ay'"
This vigorous and stirring
tale if the Indian days
on the Western frontier
Will Appear in Serial Form
THIS PAPER
Don't miss it if you can
enjoy reading a real good
story.
"One of the best Stories of the plains ever written."?You
will agree with this verdict of others after reading it
WATCH FOR THE OPENING CHAPTER
GOVERNOR BROWN 1*11) KK.'HT.
Views of Atlanta Paper on Bleasc
Felder Squabble.
(OLD STORAGE PLANT IN
TER.
Sl'M- It is hardly fair to speak of some
j of the figures seen at the seashore as
I bare possibilities.?Charleston News
Atlanta Constitution.
Governoi Brown's refusal to honor
the extradition proceedings brought
against the Hon. Thomas B. Felden
of the Atlanta liar, by Governor
Bleaae, of South Carolina, will be
very generally approved.
At besl t appears that Governor
Blease'8 whole proceeding grows out
of political promptings, In which Mr.
Felder figured as a mere incident.
Tin- Governor has been charging up
and down the State like a roaring
bull, attacking everybody and every?
thing, and when Mr. Felder g??t in
bis way he went at him just aa he
bad done against many of the most
prominent citizens of South Caro?
lina.
It Is now reported that the next
act of this interesting drama may
take place before the Legislature of
South Carolina on Impeachment pro
ceedings and if one-tenth of the evi?
dence is gathered that the Constitu?
tion hears is available, it can be tak?
en for granted ibat the next session
of the South Carolina Legislature will
be one of the most Interesting in
years,
a remarkable tribute was paid
to Mr. Felder by his associates of
the Atlanta Bar, many of the most
prominent lawyers of the City ap?
pearing In ids* behalf before Governor
Brown to proteat against the extradi?
tion asked for by Governor Blease.
The Incident leaves the Governor of
South Carolina In in unenviable pre?
dicament. He has made a number of
unfortunate and glaring error- while
in office. But this one is particularly
pointed In its brazen attempt to
bring Into play the machinery of o
sovereign State to vent a personal
spite growing out of political ?I if
feren 'e.
As for Mr. Felder, he emerges
from Hie affair with his public credit
and esteem heighten* d.
Plan to Keep ikH'f in Cold Storage nd Courier,
ami Ready for Delivery to Country mmmmamammamm
Market.
In order to keep beef fresh al?
ways on hand. Mr. W. B. Boyle has
decided to add a cold storage plant
to the beef market which is managed
by his son, Mr. W. C. Boyle. The or?
der for the plant has been made and
it is expected that it will be in oper?
ation by the first of September.
The plant has been ordered from
a house in St. Louis, Mo., and while,
no acceptance of the order has yet
been received it is expected at any
time. <>rders will be sent in for the
materials for the plant by the house
as soon as they accept the order and
rushed here, so as to get in the plant
In time for the fall trade. The mot?
or which Is to be put in is a ten horse
power one and the plant will be able
to hold thirty grown beeves at one
time. The Idea in having the < old
storage plant is to have the western
beef butchered and put on Ice as
soon as It arrives, and kept there
until it is needed for the local mar?
kets. Beef Is best for eating pur?
poses after it Is kept in cold storage
?>r about a week, and by the use of
the storage plant, the beef sold from
the market will be the best there is.
Besides the sale from their own
market, Mr. Boyle expects to do o
! small wholesale business In meat
nmong the towns and stations in the
surrounding country.
The coal of the plant will be ap?
proximately $3,000. it is expected
that the cost <?f operating the cold
storage plant will be cheaper than
keeping the beef ,?u j, , . Mr. Boyle
expect- thiS fall tO lUStall an elec
I1 lc motor to run his uin.
Pity this Government didn't have
the same opinion about coal lands
that i? has now, when Pennsylvania
anthracite was dtsocvered.- St. Louis
i Hobe-1 democrat.
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